Judgment in Tarot – Understand the message of this card

As the name suggests, the letter Judgment in Tarot Traditional, which is Rider Waite, indicates that you will be judged on your past deeds. In other words, the time has come for you to reap what you sow.

If you have planted good fruit, the harvest will be good. If you planted bad seeds, the harvest could be stormy.

However, in general, this card brings good vibes. It points to newness coming into your life, renewal and new opportunities.

Card Description Judgment in Tarot

This card shows the image of an angel, responsible for the link between the divine and the earth, blowing a trumpet. The angel brings good news: the end of one time for the beginning of another.

Below the angel, we can see a naked man, woman and child, in a prayer position, looking up to the sky. It looks like they are answering the call and ready to be judged.

In the background, you can see several mountains and huge tides, signifying the impossibility of avoiding judgment.

What does the Judgment card in Tarot mean?

If the Judgment card appears to you in a Tarot reading, it indicates that you need to make a decision. That choice, no matter what, will change your life in a lasting way.

The card’s orientation is that you use your intuition and your intellect to decide which is the best path for you to take. Consult the lessons you’ve learned in the past. They will be a good guide for your future.

This card can also indicate that the consequences of actions you have taken in the past will soon catch up with you.

However, learning from the lessons of the past is not living in it. Go straight ahead. What happened, happened. There is no way to change.

Ask for forgiveness or forgive yourself, as the case may be. Make peace with your past, solve everything that was pending so that you can focus on the new challenges that the future has in store for you.

Card Meaning The Judgment Inverted

When the Judgment card appears in reverse, it invites you to a self-reflection.

Chances are the Universe is trying to send you a message, inviting you to do something bigger, but you’re not listening.

Or, you know what you should do, but you’re afraid of all the sacrifice that comes along with that choice.

Or, you don’t feel ready to take the lead in your life and prefer to walk slowly, safely.

But the truth is that no matter how much effort you make to escape your mission, it will always call you.

The advice of the Tarot Judgment card, in this situation, is that you meditate and seek to evolve spiritually so that you can overcome your fears and trust the Universe. Remember that everything happens for a reason!

The Judgment in the Tarot of Love

When the Judgment card appears for a question about love, it is super positive and indicates that good changes are coming.

You probably already feel an increasingly strong need to relate and show your feelings.

Indulge in new experiences and don’t get upset about the breakups. It is often necessary to end cycles to make room for new, bigger and better beginnings. See the full meaning of Judgment in the Love Tarot.

Judgment at work

The card Judgment in the Tarot of Work shows that a career growth. Chances are you’ll be promoted where you work or get an offer you can’t refuse from another company. The fact is that your professional and financial life will reach the level you’ve been waiting for.

However, for this to happen, you will need to stay focused and have well-defined goals. Show your worth, your skills and competences. Don’t be afraid to expose yourself.

If you are unemployed, rest assured that good opportunities will arise. And don’t be scared by the size of the challenge, you’ll do it if you do your best.

But these good fruits will only be harvested in a lasting way if you have planted good seeds in previous periods. That’s why it’s important to do everything you can, wherever you are, in the best way.

The Judgment Card in the Mythological Tarot

In the Mythological Tarot Judgment card we find the god Hermes again. However, now he appears more mature. He is the Psychopomp, the conductor of souls, the one in charge of prolonging life and death.

The white and black columns reflect the ambivalence of the unconscious and its creative and destructive potentials.

The dead are mummified because past experiences are no longer remembered. They remain unchanged in the unconscious until these contents are recognised.

In this card we can also understand a little better the meaning of the two snakes of the caduceus, the magic wand of Hermes, which represent the feminine underworld of instincts. It is used by him to serve the purposes of the design of life’s journey.

The Judgment card is the image of an inner process, an examination of conscience. It is when past experiences are brought together and considered as part of an intelligent pattern, the consequences of which must be understood and accepted.

In the divinatory sense, the Judgment card signifies a time of rewards for past efforts.

It can still indicate a time of analysis of everything that was planted by us and that will now be harvested, be it good or bad.

Here’s how to interpret the meaning of the other Major Arcana of the Tarot: